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HBO Boxingoriginally HBO World Championship Boxing) (WCB) is an
American sports television series that premiered on 22 January 1973 and
that has shown a number of significant boxing events since then. WCB's
first event ever was fought in Kingston, Jamaica, where George Foreman
defeated Joe Frazier in two rounds to win the world heavyweight
championship. The main broadcast team is Jim Lampley on blow-by-blow,
with former ESPN reporter Max Kellerman as color commentator, replacing
Larry Merchant, who retired in December 2012. For the last two years of
Merchant's contract he and Kellerman alternated telecasts.

Type: Sports

Languages: English

Status: Running

Runtime: 165 minutes

Premier: 1973-01-22

HBO Boxing - Canelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin - Netflix

Canelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin, billed as Supremacy, was a
professional boxing match contested for the unified WBA (Super), WBC,
IBF, IBO, Ring magazine, and lineal middleweight championship. The bout
was on September 16, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip. It
was televised on HBO pay-per-view in the United States, on BoxNation Box
Office in the United Kingdom, and on Space in Latin America. The fight
ended in a split draw, with Dave Moretti scoring the fight 115–113 for
Golovkin, Adalaide Byrd scoring it 118–110 for Álvarez, and Don Trella
scoring it 114–114. The controversial outcome led to the organization of
a rematch, which was tentatively scheduled for May 5, 2018. The fight
was cancelled after Álvarez tested positive for a banned substance in
March 2018, and formally withdrew pending hearings with the Nevada
Athletic Commission in April. After facing a suspension until August 17,
2018, Álvarez and Golovkin agreed to reschedule the rematch to September
15, 2018.

HBO Boxing - Fight details - Netflix

On fight night, in front of a sold out crowd of 22,358, Álvarez and
Golovkin fought to a split draw (113–115, 114–114, 118–110). ESPN's Dan
Rafael and HBO's Harold Lederman scored the fight 116–112 in favour of
Golovkin. Judge Adalaide Byrd's scorecard of 118–110 in favor of Álvarez
was widely ridiculed. Many observers felt that Golovkin had won a
narrow, closely contested fight, and while a draw was justifiable, a
card that wide in favor of Álvarez was inexcusable. Nevertheless, Bob
Bennett, director of the Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC), said that he
had full confidence on Byrd going forward. Despite the controversy,
several mainstream media outlets referred to the bout as a “classic”.
The fight started with both boxers finding their rhythm, Álvarez using
his footwork and Golovkin establishing his jab. During the middle
rounds, particularly between 4 and 8, Álvarez started each round quick,
but seemed to tire out after a minute, with Golovkin taking over and
doing enough to win the rounds. The championship rounds were arguably
the best rounds and Álvarez started to counter more and both fighters
stood toe-to-toe exchanging swings, the majority of which missed. The
draw saw Golovkin make his 19th consecutive defence, just one behind
middleweight great Bernard Hopkins. CompuBox stats showed that Golovkin
was the busier of the two, landing 218 of 703 thrown (31%), while
Álvarez was slightly more accurate, landing 169 of his 505 thrown (33%).
Golovkin out landed Álvarez in 10 of the 12 rounds.